I don’t know what will become of it, but I do know this: no one truly knows what will become of it. Pretending to know a true answer is as foolish as calling yourself a “social media expert.”

Youʼre probably like me: you jumped on G+ shortly after its release in late June. Shiny object, meet social media nerds. And while some of the bells and whistles were interesting, G+ quickly became a barren wasteland.

But hold on a second: Google claimed millions upon millions of users. Many were convinced it was the Facebook killer. Others labeled it the Twitter killer. It would surely end up “winning” whatever the heck competition we’re keeping score of here. Besides, its initial growth dwarfed the respective starts of MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.

Millions more people are using social media now than when those other three sites launched. Wouldnʼt it make sense that a social network would grow faster these days, especially if it was engineered by a tech superpower? But just like we should not overly praise G+ for its initial numbers, itʼs also foolish to bury it because of its inconsistent start.

Think about Twitterʼs launch. That was back March 2006. When did you become an active tweeter? If you claim some time in ʼ06 youʼre either lying or youʼre the earliest of early adopters.

Courtesy: Business Insider

How about Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his time-consuming invention to the world in 2004. Except, it wasn’t for the world at that time. It was for college kids.